Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, vol. 44 no. 3 (March 1914), answer to query 2291 (Wanless)

An answer by H. M. Williamson of Portland, Oregon, read in the archive.org full text for the Hatten research. It abstracts the Augusta County records from Chalkley’s Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, vol. II (not seen here):

“The bond for the marriage of Ralph ‘Wandless’ and ‘Crissey Nickoles,’ daughter of Levan Nickoles, was dated Sept. 20, 1788.—See Chalkley’s Abstracts of Augusta County Records, Vol. II, page 308. Ralph Wandless and ‘Chrissy Nicholas’ were married Sept. 30, 1788.—Chalkley, II, p. 351. Ralph and Stephen Wanless, living in Bath County, Va., in 1821, were [sons] of Margaret Carlisle, who was a widow Wanless when she married John Carlisle. She had a granddaughter, Elizabeth Black.—Chalkley, II, p. 252. Ralph Wanless performed actual service as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, as shown by his pension declaration in which he refers to service at three times, one of them being under Capt. George Poage at Clover Licks, Va. (now West Va.). He was a native of England and 75 years old at date of making declaration, Aug. 7, 1832.—Chalkley, II, p. 498.”

It names Ralph’s sons from Price’s sketch (William, Rev. James, Stephen, Ralph Jr., John) and adds: “The names of daughters of Ralph Wanless are not given in sketch but the will of Ralph Wanless is probably recorded [in] Pocahontas County.”

The printed answer reads “were daughters of Margaret Carlisle”; sons is meant.